Only Our Rivers Run Free!

.......during his imprisonment after Nuremberg Albert Speer to keep sane planned a route around Europe, in his mind! During COVID I planned something similar around Ireland, it was some journey!

.......on 28th Aug ‘72 Johnny Burns and I were linked for life by an incident during the conflict, it led to years in Long Kesh & memories, we hadn’t met for many yrs but last week word came he had the virus and a few days later he died! Goodbye old friend!🌹

........back in 1977, 20 of us headed to the Salmon Leap to party, drink Mundies and sing, it was 3 weeks of hedonistic mayhem Termon style, great memories, 43 years ago!

........2020 will never be forgotten, Corona or COVID-19 has brought reality to our world, what is important now, it’s not wealth but life! Old people dying in their thousands, isolation, social distancing, no football, no golf, it’s a different world!

.........it’s been there millions of years but in the 1970’s I started making shapes in it, the Bog! The turf had to be worked for the winter fuel, a hard slog but great when you bring it home! ‘Would you know a good turf??

.........Easter 1970, ‘honeymoon is over! British troops clash with republican youths and things will never be the same again.

.......2020 and Coronavirus-COVID-19! The world is facing the biggest Pandemic since 1918 and the Spanish Flu! I relate the story of old Ned Billy who lived through 1918 and survive until his 90’s!

.........a two part article, the first half about the political stalemate and the politico’s who rake it in? Secondly the lives of Harry Gregg & Jimmy Greaves!

........soccer in the UK is big business, Irish supporters flood across the channel to follow their teams, ManU, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City but none moreso than Celtic, the Irish club in Britain!

........the 2020 election is over and FF & FG Scramble to hold on to power at the expense of the Shinners? When everyone else fails there’s always the Army Council to fall back on for Loe & Mi-Hole???